This unit examines Hume's reasons for being complacent in the face of death, as these are laid out in his suppressed essay of 1755, ‘Of the immortality of the soul’. More generally, they examine some of the shifts in attitude concerning death and religious belief that were taking place in Europe at the end of the eighteenth century, through examination of this and other short essays.

Image from ?[Illustrated British Ballads, old and new. Selected and edited by G. B. Smith.]?, 003416887
Author: SMITH, George Barnett.
Page: 566
Year: 1894
Place:
Publisher:
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Image from ?Roughing it. By Mark Twain, Samuel L. Clemens. Fully illustrated by eminent artists ? Eighty-fifth thousand?, 000721632
Author: CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne.
Page: 93
Year: 1873
Place: Hartford
Publisher: American Publishing Co.
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Image from ?A New Guide to Matlock Bath. Special edition, etc?, 001682250
Author: HILDER, J. W.
Page: 17
Year: 1898
Place: Matlock
Publisher: J. W. Hilder.
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Image from ?The Bab Ballads, with which are included Songs of a Savoyard ? With 350 illustrations by the author?, 001421091
Author: Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck)
Page: 217
Year: 1898
Place: London & New York
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons
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Katie Engelhart spoke to Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab hours before he was sentenced to six months in jail for a Tweet. Katie Engelhart spoke to Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab hours before he was sentenced to six months in jail for a Tweet.

Image from ?[Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry ? Fourth edition.]?, 000607481
Author: Carleton, William
Volume: 02
Page: 394
Year: 1876
Place: London
Publisher: William Tegg
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Image from ?Three Weeks in South Africa. A diary?, 003169705
Author: ROTHSCHILD, Ferdinand James de Baron
Page: 100
Year: 1895
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for private circulation
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This is a photograph of the Mauretania at full speed on the Measured Mile, 1907.
Image reference: DS.SWH/4/PH/7/6
This image is part of a small selection of photographs from our outstanding shipbuilding collections, which have just been added to UNESCO's UK Memory of the World register.
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this is a glass slide showing a picturesque country landscape, featuring an agricultural theme made by the farmer and horse.
The slide is from 1928. It was taken by South Shields Photographic Society's photographer Harrison Burgess.
This image is part of the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums set Harrison Burgess and the South Shields Photographic Society.
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This image comes from a collection of glass slides of fairground scenes found in the stores at Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne. www.flickr.com/photos/twm_news/sets/72157627692102509/
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Image from ?The Harz Mountains: a tour in the toy country ? With forty illustrations?, 000365884
Author: BLACKBURN, Henry George.
Page: 175
Year: 1873
Place: London
Publisher: Sampson Low & Co.
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This free course focuses on the use of exclusion clauses in contracts. Exclusion clauses are terms of a contract which seek to exclude or limit a party?s liability for loss or damage. The course looks at when and how such clauses are used, the approach taken by the courts and the role of legislation in this area.
First published on Wed, 25 Jan 2017 as Exclusion clauses. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2017

Image from ?[Gibbon?s History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. With the ? notes by H. H. Milman. With illustrations.]?, 001413830
Author: Gibbon, Edward
Volume: 01
Page: 7
Year: 1896
Place: London
Publisher: Methuen & Co.
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Image from ?[The Christian Year, etc. [With a portrait.]]?, 001938651
Author: Keble, John
Page: 289
Year: 1874
Place: London
Publisher:
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